CHELSEA artist Fedor Dokumentov has submitted a portrait into this year’s Archibald Prize. Fedor Dokumentov has painted Victorian youth homelessness charity founder Susan Barton. Dokumentov said his experience as a foster carer made him want to paint Barton to highlight the work of her Lighthouse Foundation charity. “Susan Barton is an exceptional person. Her kindness and compassion are inspiring, and the Lighthouse Foundation has helped more than 1100 children and their carers – this is a huge achievement,” Dokumentov said. “The left-hand side of the portrait is dark and stormy, representing the challenges and dark times that homeless young people…
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KINGSTON Council has made a shortlist of 40 walking and cycling projects which it is considering for future funding. Among the shortlisted projects are the upgrade of the shared user path at Doug Denyer Reserve in Mordialloc, the construction of a footpath on the north side of Centre Dandenong Road in Heatherton, and the installation of a pedestrian crossing at Gladesville Boulevard in Patterson Lakes. Kingston Council first conducted community consultation on future walking and cycling projects in 2021. The mayor Hadi Saab said “in 2021, we received over 900 pins on a map and more than 200 survey responses…
GOLF THE last weekend in March will be a massive finish to the Australasian Tour season of golf at The National in Cape Schanck. A spot in the ‘Open Championship’ field for 2023 at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, and three playing places on the DP World Tour for 2023-24 season go on the line at The National as the domestic golf season reaches its climax. Months of toil and travel will come to fruition when the Moonah course hosts the season-ending tournament on the ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia. A season spanning 16 tournaments that began in mid-October, 2022,…
THE number of decisions made by Frankston Council behind closed doors has dropped dramatically in the last five years. A report prepared by Frankston Council officers read that in the first half of the 2022/2023 financial year, 2.84 per cent of council decisions were made behind closed doors. In the 2018/2019 financial year 28 per cent of matters were heard in closed council, the report read. Frankston Council has come under fire this year for confidentially voting to nominate Long Street Reserve in Langwarrin as its preferred site for a new kindergarten. First published in the Frankston Times – 21…
A $100,000 DONATION has helped the McClelland Gallery in Langwarrin develop a new walk. The donation was made by the Belcher family. The walk will be named the “Belcher Family Lake Walk”, commemorating the lives of frequent park visitors Tamie Belcher and Eric Belcher. The Belcher’s daughter Jenni Alexander said her parents first visited McClelland in the 1980s and loved walking the grounds. “The combination of art and nature at McClelland were an inspiration to my parents. It really became a favourite place – along with my family, my daughters first came to McClelland as toddlers and we still celebrate…